SOAP API Penetration Testing.
Our SOAP API penetration testing uses specialized tools and techniques to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities in your XML-based services, exposing flaws that could lead to unauthorized access, or data leaks.
Breached Labs.
Penetration Testing Experts.
We specialize in SOAP API security penetration testing, enabling businesses to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats. Our experts combine advanced tools with manual testing techniques to uncover vulnerabilities such as injection flaws, broken object-level authorization, and other risks outlined in the OWASP API Security Top 10.
We simulate real-world attacks with meticulous detail, providing actionable insights that empower you to significantly strengthen your security defenses. Trust us to safeguard your digital assets with unmatched precision and care.
We simulate real-world attacks, providing actionable insights that empower you to strengthen your security defenses with precision and care.
Our team holds industry-leading certifications, demonstrating our commitment to excellence in cybersecurity.
Our Team's Certifications
Our team possesses top-tier, industry-recognized certifications, showcasing our dedication to delivering cybersecurity excellence.
Benefits of SOAP API Penetration Testing
Discover how professional penetration testing protects your business, data, and customers
Identify Vulnerabilities
Uncover exploitable weaknesses in your API's code, infrastructure, and configuration before malicious actors can find them.
Ensure Compliance
Meet regulatory requirements like ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR while reducing legal risks and building stakeholder trust.
Third-Party Verification
Receive unbiased assessments of your security posture from experts, with detailed reports to support compliance and stakeholder confidence.
Prevent Data Breaches
Fix vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them, saving millions in potential breach costs.
Improve Development
Teach developers to write more secure code by identifying common security mistakes.
Protect Business Value
Safeguard your reputation, customer trust, and competitive advantage in the market.
Risk Visibility
Gain detailed insights into your API's security posture for better decision-making.
Why SOAP API Penetration Testing?
Penetration testing plays a crucial role in safeguarding SOAP APIs by uncovering and addressing security weaknesses before they can be exploited.
Prevent Costly Data Breaches and PII Exposure
Penetration testing uncovers vulnerabilities that could lead to breaches, protecting sensitive customer data like personally identifiable information (PII) and avoiding expensive legal penalties, ransom demands, or cleanup costs.
Retain Customers and Avoid Trust Erosion
By proactively fixing security gaps, penetration testing prevents incidents that could damage your reputation and cause customers to abandon your platform, ensuring long-term loyalty and confidence.
Minimize Revenue Loss from Potential Downtime
Security exploits can cripple APIs, leading to lost sales and operational disruptions. Penetration testing helps keep your business online and revenue flowing by thwarting potential attacks.
Protect Competitive Edge and Market Position
A breach can hand competitors an advantage by exposing trade secrets or driving clients elsewhere. Penetration testing safeguards your intellectual property and market standing, keeping you ahead in the game.
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Ready to determine the most effective strategy for your business needs? Schedule your complimentary, no-obligation assessment call with one of our experts today using the link below.
During our call, we'll begin outlining a comprehensive plan designed to safeguard your business against the cyber threats relevant to your operations.
Book a callOur SOAP API security testing covers a wide range of attack vectors, ensuring comprehensive protection against common and sophisticated threats.
Broken Object Level Authorization
Improper access control allows attackers to access other users' data.
Broken User Authentication
Flawed authentication lets attackers impersonate legitimate users.
Excessive Data Exposure
APIs expose more data than necessary, risking sensitive information leakage.
Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting
Absence of rate limits enables brute-force or denial-of-service attacks.
Broken Function Level Authorization
Unauthorized users can access restricted functions or operations.
Mass Assignment
Attackers manipulate object properties that should be restricted.
Security Misconfiguration
Improper configuration exposes APIs to unnecessary risks.
Injection
Malicious input can alter API commands or access unauthorized data.
Improper Asset Management
Unknown or outdated API versions increase the attack surface.
Penetration Testing Methodology
Our thorough method for detecting and resolving security weaknesses.
Pre-Engagement
The initial assessment, planning, and establishing rules of engagement phase involves understanding the target system, defining the scope and objectives, and setting clear testing boundaries.
It includes obtaining authorization, planning timelines and methods, and agreeing on communication protocols. This ensures a structured, ethical, and effective penetration testing process.
- Define the scope and objectives of the API penetration test, including target endpoints, and security concerns.
- Establish testing boundaries and limitations, such as specific routes, methods, or data flows to include/exclude.
- Document communication protocols between testers and stakeholders, including report formats and key contacts.
- Obtain formal authorization from the API owner or organization to carry out the penetration assessment.
Reconnaissance
The reconnaissance phase involves gathering intelligence about the target system by collecting publicly available data and mapping its digital presence. It includes identifying key components, technologies, and potential entry points through passive and active techniques.
This foundational step informs subsequent testing by revealing vulnerabilities and attack surfaces without direct interaction.
- Passive information gathering from public sources, such as GitHub, changelogs, or API reference materials.
- OSINT techniques to map the API’s digital footprint, including exposed endpoints, tokens, or leaked keys.
- Domain and subdomain enumeration to uncover all API access points, environments, and backend assets.
- Technology stack identification, including API gateways, server types, frameworks, and authentication layers.
Scanning
The scanning phase focuses on actively probing the target system to identify live components, open ports, and running services.
It involves using automated tools and manual techniques to detect potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
This step builds a detailed picture of the system's attack surface for further exploitation and analysis.
- Network mapping and topology discovery of API infrastructure, including proxies, gateways, and cloud hosting layers.
- Port scanning and service enumeration to uncover exposed API endpoints, backend systems, or admin interfaces.
- Operating system fingerprinting of API-hosting servers to assess platform-level risks and exposure potential.
- Initial vulnerability scanning of the API for common flaws like auth bypass, injection, or insecure defaults.
Vulnerability Assessment
The vulnerability assessment phase entails analyzing identified weaknesses in the target system to determine their severity and potential impact.
It involves detailed scanning, manual validation, and risk prioritization to distinguish exploitable flaws from false positives.
This step provides a clear understanding of security gaps and their real-world implications.
- Detailed vulnerability scanning and analysis of the API, targeting issues like injection flaws or broken access controls.
- Manual verification of identified vulnerabilities, such as testing for IDOR, auth bypass, or insecure data exposure.
- False positive elimination to ensure reported API vulnerabilities are valid, reproducible, and clearly documented.
- Risk assessment and prioritization of vulnerabilities based on their severity and impact on the API ecosystem.
Exploitation
The exploitation phase involves safely leveraging confirmed vulnerabilities to demonstrate their real-world risks and consequences.
It includes controlled attacks to gain unauthorized access, escalate privileges, or extract data, while assessing system resilience.
This step validates threats and highlights the need for remediation without causing harm.
- Controlled exploitation of confirmed vulnerabilities, such as triggering injection flaws or bypassing API authentication.
- Privilege escalation attempts within the API, targeting elevated access via token manipulation or role tampering.
- Lateral movement across the API environment, such as pivoting into internal services or unauthenticated endpoints.
- Data access verification to confirm exposure of sensitive objects like tokens, user records, or business logic data.
Reporting
The reporting phase focuses on documenting findings, prioritizing vulnerabilities, and providing actionable remediation steps.
It includes creating detailed technical reports and concise summaries for stakeholders, often with visuals to clarify attack paths.
This step ensures clear communication of risks and solutions to improve security.
- Detailed technical documentation of findings, including specific API vulnerabilities like auth flaws or exposed data.
- Risk-based prioritization of vulnerabilities based on their exploitability and overall impact on the API services.
- Actionable remediation recommendations, such as input validation or secure token handling for the affected APIs.
- Executive summary for management, highlighting critical API risks and their potential business consequences.
Testing Approaches
Understanding the difference between testing methodologies to choose the right approach for your security needs.
Black Box Testing
Testing from an external perspective with no prior knowledge, information or access to the target system's internal workings or source code.
Black box testing simulates a real-world attack scenario where the tester has no insider information, mimicking how actual attackers would approach your systems.
The tester has access only to public-facing components and must discover vulnerabilities through external reconnaissance and targeted probing.
This approach reveals what an attacker could discover and exploit without internal access or knowledge, providing an authentic assessment of your external security posture.
White Box Testing
Testing with complete internal knowledge of the system, including source code, architecture, and design documentation.
White box testing provides testers with full access to internal system details, allowing for thorough examination of code, architecture, and configuration.
This approach enables identification of vulnerabilities that might not be discovered through external testing alone, such as logical flaws, backdoors, or implementation errors.
With complete knowledge of the system, testers can target specific components and functions known to be security-critical, providing comprehensive coverage.
Our Process
Follow these essential steps to safeguard your SOAP API from malicious hackers.
Contact us
Contact our team, and we'll attentively address your concerns while tailoring solutions to your specific security requirements. Whether you choose a phone call, email, or live chat, we're eager to kickstart your path to a better-protected SOAP API.
Pre-Assessment Form
We provide you with an easy-to-complete pre-assessment form to gather relevant details. This allows us to gain insight into your API's structure, existing security protocols, and particular areas of concern.
Proposal Meeting
Once we've analyzed the results of the preliminary evaluation questionnaire and developed our recommended plan, we'll go over the security strategy with you and address any questions during virtual or in-person meetings.
Agreement
We send you a detailed proposal outlining our findings, recommendations, and the cost of the project. Once you approve the proposal, we proceed with the engagement.
Pre-requisite Collection
We collect all the necessary information and documents required for the assessment. This includes the API's source code, documentation, and any other relevant materials.
Breached Labs strengthened our overall security posture with their thorough penetration testing approach. Their expertise in identifying and addressing vulnerabilities was invaluable to our organization.
Chief Information Officer
Fortune 500 Tech Company
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